Shawshank Redemption Andy

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Shawshank redemption is a movie about a wrongfully imprisoned man named Andy Dufresne. While in Shawshank Andy makes a variety of friends and even becomes close with some of the guards. There is a large variety of personalities in prison. While watching this movie and putting a focus on the emotional intelligence I learned that there was new view on the characters. Andy Dufesne was a successful banker who ended up in prison after being charged with the murder of his lover. Although Andy did not commit the crime he spent over 20 years in prison. During his stay Andy made some friends and some enemy’s. He would watch quietly watch people and knew what he had to do to make it through his time there. Andy eventually managed to tunnel his way out …show more content…

Andy seemed to be a quiet man throughout the whole film. He really seemed to keep to himself. I assume this was partially because that is just what his personality is like, but also because he was not where he belonged. Although he seemed shy he still found importance in making friends inside. Andy was extremely self-aware, which means that he knows himself for who he really is (Bradberry & Greaves, 2009). On his first night in prison and was quiet and calm. Under the circumstances you would think that he would be an emotional mess, yet Andy held himself together and didn't shed a single tear. Self-management is also very important and Andy was able to do this well. The book states that having good self-management is being able to look at a situation and look at the outcomes before you head in the wrong direction (Bradberry & Greaves, 2009). Throughout the movie Andy was put in plenty of tough situations. Throughout those situations he didn’t back down but instead acted tough and powered through them. He knew when he could speak up to the guards but also knew when it was important for him to remain silent. He would sometimes stretch his limits but he always knows when it’s too

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